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It's been one decade, ten years have gone past. They all seem so short as I now look back. Fourth of July spent in a new place. Another Father’s Day without seeing your face. Things have changed, and we have all grown. Family married, most single, all out on our own. I’ve moved, I’ve learned, I’ve loved, I’ve cried, Never forgetting the day part of me died. In my closet at home, there’s a dress that you bought. The day it became mine I’ve never forgot. First Communion dresses spread throughout the store. Poppy’s Princess could have any one she adored. I always imagined you’d be there with a smile, Watching my daddy walk me down that long aisle. In a dress, purest white, you’d bought special for me, Your little Princess, a Duchess, forever I’d be. A nickname that stays to remind of the time When the dreams that I dreamt were no one’s but mine. Sheltered yet challenged to rise to my best. Loved and adored and held equal to the rest. Junior high through senior year, then BU and Penn State, All you’ve watched from above because of God’s will or fate. Ten years now gone, yet they’ve happened so fast Building a future while missing the past. On days when it’s toughest and I feel I can’t last, Or wondering if I have picked the right path, There’s a picture, now framed, that sits on the shelf: Santa and grandbaby, his newest little elf. A photo yellowed with age, touched up to look new Reminds me of life’s lessons that I’ve learned from you. Ten years, then ten more, but no matter how old I may be, Your little Princess, a Duchess, forever I’ll be. |